I’ve always had a problem with how the males on this show were portrayed in this show. I love that it’s an all-female main cast, but it frequently feels like the male characters are portrayed as weaker, not as intelligent, not as useful, etc. And as someone who HATES it when male-targeted shows do it to female characters, I also hate it when a female-targeted show does it to male characters.

Sailor Moon, an anime I adore has the same problem, and it just feels like hypocrisy to criticize a male-targeted show for doing it, and then turn around and do it yourself. But I am glad for the more recent episodes, where things are a little more balanced. I don’t want the show to suddenly focus on guys, but if everyone else has to be incapacitated (like the princesses,) so that your main characters can succeed, then that’s not good.